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"I absolutely trust Ian 100%, he's a man of great business acumen and has fantastic people skills. However I would like to say that football isn't rugby and people have been trying for decades to instil ideas from different sports into the game - Liverpool trying a moneyball system and Southamptons appointment of Sir Clive Woodward both ended in failure because football is a supertanker to turn and everyone in the game is suspicious of change.

If Ian Lenagan whats to see his vision materialise then he must be prepared to invest decades rather than years of his life in the club.

Oh and if you're after another example, Dario Gradi joined Crewe as a manager in 1983, one of his first ambitions was to be able to field a starting 11 entirely made up of youth team (Academy) graduates. It wasn't until April 2013, 30 years later and nearly 2 years after Gradi stepped down as manager were they finally able to do so."

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